Could it be that Josh Radnor hasn't done anything else in his career except play Ted Mosby? Alyson Hanigan, Jason Segel, and Neil Patrick Harris were all huge stars before the show started, and I'm betting most folks wouldn't know Cobie Smulders if she didn't have that weird name. She also isn't as well known as you are indicating.

In his defense, he wrote and directed a film no one saw.

He also smartly pointed out in Not Another Teen Movie that everyone at the school seemed to be a professional dancer.

Could it be that Josh Radnor hasn't done anything else in his career except play Ted Mosby? Alyson Hanigan, Jason Segel, and Neil Patrick Harris were all huge stars before the show started, and I'm betting most folks wouldn't know Cobie Smulders if she didn't have that weird name. She also isn't as well known as you are indicating.

I think calling Jason Segel a "huge star" because of two unwatched, short-run television series is pushing it.

How about for The Muppets, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked up or This is 40?

Could it be that Josh Radnor hasn't done anything else in his career except play Ted Mosby? Alyson Hanigan, Jason Segel, and Neil Patrick Harris were all huge stars before the show started, and I'm betting most folks wouldn't know Cobie Smulders if she didn't have that weird name. She also isn't as well known as you are indicating.

I think calling Jason Segel a "huge star" because of two unwatched, short-run television series is pushing it.

How about for The Muppets, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked up or This is 40?

Could it be that Josh Radnor hasn't done anything else in his career except play Ted Mosby? Alyson Hanigan, Jason Segel, and Neil Patrick Harris were all huge stars before the show started, and I'm betting most folks wouldn't know Cobie Smulders if she didn't have that weird name. She also isn't as well known as you are indicating.

I think calling Jason Segel a "huge star" because of two unwatched, short-run television series is pushing it.

How about for The Muppets, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked up or This is 40?

12349876:Rev. Skarekroe: Isn't the new season of Arrested Development doing something similar? All 13 episodes take place at the same time but focus on different characters.

Moral Orel went that route during its final season also.

And it got dark as f*ck. Especially with the episode that [SPOILER ALERT] revealed Mrs. Sculptham was obsessed with her rapist (because he was the only person that sexually gratified her) and aborted the resulting pregnancy with a coat hanger. Good lord, everyone in that town were total train-wrecks.

//Then I want it revealed that Barney and Marshal died in a car accident. So Ted stepped up and marries both Robin and Lily and has all of his wives pleasure each other nightly. Then he moves to Utah to start his own polygamous cult where a new spin off series takes place and the character of Ted meets and marries a new woman each week.

FuryOfFirestorm:12349876: Rev. Skarekroe: Isn't the new season of Arrested Development doing something similar? All 13 episodes take place at the same time but focus on different characters.

Moral Orel went that route during its final season also.

And it got dark as f*ck. Especially with the episode that [SPOILER ALERT] revealed Mrs. Sculptham was obsessed with her rapist (because he was the only person that sexually gratified her) and aborted the resulting pregnancy with a coat hanger. Good lord, everyone in that town were total train-wrecks.

I remember a lot of dark stuff about that show, but holy crap I had to go back to the wiki page for that, I did not recall that

The season finale was surprisingly good, the best episode in awhile. I think this show could benefit immensely from having an endgame planned. The success of the final season though will really depend on whether the Mother is a natural fit with the rest of the cast.

Sometimes new characters just don't work, and if that happens with the character a season is planned around, it'll be disappointing.

Could it be that Josh Radnor hasn't done anything else in his career except play Ted Mosby? Alyson Hanigan, Jason Segel, and Neil Patrick Harris were all huge stars before the show started, and I'm betting most folks wouldn't know Cobie Smulders if she didn't have that weird name. She also isn't as well known as you are indicating.

Jason Segel wasn't a huge star before this show, Alyson Hannigan STILL isn't a big star (because she appears to be enjoying having a life) and Neil Patrick Harris was a has-been who had cameo'd in Harold and Kumar.

I believe that the mom dies in childbirth with the second kid. If I can remember correctly, one of the episodes of this season talks to him about how wished he could of had more time with her. Barney dies early too, so Ted and Robin marry each other after their spouses are dead.

Or

Barney cheats on Robin with Ted's wife, and they all get divorced. Then Robin and Ted hook up again.

I remember seeing the best burger episode with Jason Segel's speech spoofing Salieri's speech in Amadeus and being hooked on the show then and there. In the last three seasons, there has not really been the same degree of risk taking or inventiveness in their gags. It's all just "the married coupled having a baby and is really tired" crap. Almost able to say the punch lines before they say then on TV lately. But when that show was good, man, it was surprising and brilliant, even with Ted on screen.

Wife and I are fans of the show, but yeah, it should have wrapped up a couple of years ago. The gags and callbacks aren't as good as it used to be. I think Robin and Ted should be together, but this maybe maybe bs is getting old.

Also, Marshall is the only decent person in that group of people. Lily to a lesser extent, she lost a lot of points when she ran away to San Francisco and undoubtedly skanked around on Marshal. Ted, Robin, and Barney are all terrible people to varying degrees, and deserved every bit of trouble in their lives.

I just wanted to point out in a show called HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER we dont even meet the mother until the dude is like 3 years into the story... Unless shes been secretly in every episode this is stupid.

I've been watching this show since sometime shortly into the first season (I'm pretty sure my first episode was The Pineapple Incident). I still think it's a good show, and it's one that I followed religiously when I was overseas over the last year.

I have no damn clue how they could possibly stretch an entire 22- or 24-episode season over just the wedding. It sounds like an absolutely terrible idea to me. I'm already worried that this will be worse than the last seasons of Scrubs and That 70s Show.

lasercannon://Then I want it revealed that Barney and Marshal died in a car accident. So Ted stepped up and marries both Robin and Lily and has all of his wives pleasure each other nightly. Then he moves to Utah to start his own polygamous cult where a new spin off series takes place and the character of Ted meets and marries a new woman each week.

TheOriginalEd:I just wanted to point out in a show called HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER we dont even meet the mother until the dude is like 3 years into the story... Unless shes been secretly in every episode this is stupid.

Three years? Try eight. And as far as I know, there's no time compression going on, so each season "happens" concurrent with the airing schedule.

Could it be that Josh Radnor hasn't done anything else in his career except play Ted Mosby? Alyson Hanigan, Jason Segel, and Neil Patrick Harris were all huge stars before the show started, and I'm betting most folks wouldn't know Cobie Smulders if she didn't have that weird name. She also isn't as well known as you are indicating.

I think calling Jason Segel a "huge star" because of two unwatched, short-run television series is pushing it.

I hope you're kidding. He has been in numerous, successful movies, and is the main character in two of my favorite comedies: "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "I Love You Man."

Could it be that Josh Radnor hasn't done anything else in his career except play Ted Mosby? Alyson Hanigan, Jason Segel, and Neil Patrick Harris were all huge stars before the show started, and I'm betting most folks wouldn't know Cobie Smulders if she didn't have that weird name. She also isn't as well known as you are indicating.

I think calling Jason Segel a "huge star" because of two unwatched, short-run television series is pushing it.

How about for The Muppets, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked up or This is 40?

rga184:I remember seeing the best burger episode with Jason Segel's speech spoofing Salieri's speech in Amadeus and being hooked on the show then and there. In the last three seasons, there has not really been the same degree of risk taking or inventiveness in their gags. It's all just "the married coupled having a baby and is really tired" crap. Almost able to say the punch lines before they say then on TV lately. But when that show was good, man, it was surprising and brilliant, even with Ted on screen.

That's how I got into it also. Then I just binged on Netflix until I was caught up. The decline in quality isn't so obvious if you're not waiting a week between each episode and four months between seasons.

Old Man Winter:I don't watch the show, but I hasn't he already met her? At the very least he has seen her a few times, according to the no doubt highly reliable info from Buzzfeed.

He's crossed paths with her doesn't know her. She was at a St. Patrick's Day party at which he got obliterated, she was the roommate of a TA he briefly dated when he was teaching, and she was in a class he mistakenly taught. She may also have been a girl he was set up with via "computer dating" but whom he stood up.

havocmike:It's really weird to see so many people talking about a show that neither I, not anyone I know watches.

to each his own, I suppose.

Wow. Let's crap on something cause you don't watch it...or that it's still on post...

I was late to the HIMYM party and had to catch up on Netflix, I do enjoy the show but I'll admit especially in the early episodes, Ted had no redeeming qualities, he was pretty selfish at times. I enjoyed the season finale but the few episodes prior to that just seem to be there just to get us to the finale. The final season will be interesting.

bingethinker:She was at a St. Patrick's Day party at which he got obliterated

I looked at that episode last night. I think she's in a group of people behind Ted when he's talking to Barney.

/yes, I have no life

I had read somewhere that the actress has been on contract since the beginning, when she shot scenes for the series finale with the kids on the couch, as they are likely in their mid-20's by now. It's quite likely her in any of those scenes where Ted doesn't meet her, even if you don't see her face.